Quarantäne
German
Etymology
Borrowed from French quarantaine.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (standard) /kaʁanˈtɛːnə/, /kaʁɑ̃ˈtɛːnə/, /kvaʁanˈtɛːnə/, /kvaʁanˈtɛːn/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: Qua‧ran‧tä‧ne
Noun
Quarantäne f (genitive Quarantäne, plural Quarantänen)
- quarantine
- unter Quarantäne ― quarantined/in quarantine
- unter Quarantäne stehen ― to be quarantined/in quarantine
Declension
Declension of Quarantäne [feminine]
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
| nominative | eine | die | Quarantäne | die | Quarantänen |
| genitive | einer | der | Quarantäne | der | Quarantänen |
| dative | einer | der | Quarantäne | den | Quarantänen |
| accusative | eine | die | Quarantäne | die | Quarantänen |
Derived terms
- quarantänisieren
- quarantänieren
Trivia
- As a French borrowing Quarantäne is one of the few German words starting with Qu- pronounced as /k/ instead of /kv/.
Further reading
- “Quarantäne” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Quarantäne” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Quarantäne” in Duden online
Quarantäne on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
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